asylum

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Two years earlier, 15 players and the team doctor were granted asylum in Uganda after they absconded.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Between 2011 and 2021, nearly 31,000 Syrians were granted asylum in Britain after the civil war there sparked a refugee crisis, according to government statistics.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

It doesn’t distinguish between immigrants in the U.S. illegally and those with legal status, including those seeking asylum or in temporary protected status.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The case posed a fundamental clash between the government’s need to manage surges at the border and the moral and historic right to offer asylum to those fleeing persecution.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026

And now the doctors are considering putting him in a mental asylum.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman